Hinge structure for automobile doors



March 4 1924,

J. LEDWTNKA HINGE STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOBILE DOORS 7 Filed April 17 1919JOSEPE LED'VVINKA, 01E PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD G.

BUDID MANUFACTURING CQMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA,

eona'rron or PENNSYLVANIA.

LENNSYLVANZA, A COR- HINGE STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOBILE'DOGEt-S.

implication filed A ril 17, 1919. Serial No. 290,785.

This invention relates to hinge structures 19 for automobile doors.

The object of the invention is to provide means which are simpleand-eliicient forfacilitating the assembly or removal of hinged doors ofautomobiles.

A irther object of the invention is to provide means which are simpleand effi cient for gulding the pintles of automobile and other doorhinges into the hinge plates in -the door posts. Qther objects of theinvention will appear more fully hereinafter. V

The invention consists substantially in the const uction, combination,location and relanore rully hereinafter set forth, as shown in theaccompanying drawing and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

T accompanying drawing,-

l is a view in perspective, parts to n showing a hinge structure emundying my invention as applied to an automobi e door. Fi 2 is adetached detail View in per- 3 guiding means associated therewith.

is a similar view showing the hinge strap and pintle.

is same part is designated by the same cference character wherever thesame cc- 1 throughout the several views.

In the application ofdoors to automobiles is a common custom to supplythe door to i e wed in the hole in the hinge plate. -31 e" a door to anautomobile hav ng sometimes more, hinges, the

:ive arrangement of parts, all as willbe' ive showin the hin e late andthe such hinge structure difliculty is frequently encountered and timeis consumed in properly assembling the pintles of the hinge straps intoposition to be received in the holes in the plates. Since ordinarily thedoor is equipped with at least two, and

inconvenience and difficulty of simultaneously assembling a plurality ofpintles in proper relation with respect to their associated hinge platesis increased and the operation consumes time thereby adding to theexpense of assembling the doors l It is among the special purposes of mypresent invention to provide an arrangement which is simple andeffective whereby the pintles of the hinge straps are easily andquicklyguided into position to be received in the holes in the hingeplates, and in the accompaniying drawing I have shown a simple structureand arrangement embodying the principles of my invention.

Referring to the drawing, 4 designates the side or body panel of anautomobile terminating at the doorway in a flange 5. Applied to theflange 5 is a door post member 6, which may be of any suitable ordesired structure. In the form shown this door post is in the form of anan le plateor stampingfitted into the flange o-ot the body panel. So faras my present invention is concerned the particular structure of thedoor post and the connection of the same to the door panel is not ofconsequence. The hinge plates, one of which is shown detached in Fig. 2,are each inthe form of a U-shaped stamping 7 having. end flanges 8adapted to be fitted against and suitably secured by welding, bolts. orotherwise. to the inner face of the door post 6, or to the inner face ofthe flange 5 to which thedoor post is applied, the open end of theshaped stamping presenting out rdly towardsthe door post and regiswithan opening 9 through the door Through the lower leg or the U- sn edstamping forming ,the hinge plate, a h or opening indicated at 10, Fig.2, is formed to receive the end of the pintle 11 carried in the end of ahinge strap 12 which is suitably secured to the door 13. In thearrangement shown such assemblies of pintie straps and hinge plates areemployed for the door.

pintles 11 of the straps-coincidently into position to be received inthe pintle holes to cause the pintles 11 of the of the plates I providea reinforcing plate 14 which is applied to the leg of the U- shapedhinge plate in which the hole 10 is formed. A' guide slot 15 is formedin the reinforcing plate 14 and extends from the mouth of the ti-shapedbend of the hinge plate across the reinforcing plate until at its innerend said slot terminates "in register with the pintle hole 10 of thehinge plate. 'Witlr this arrangement the Work of applying the door tothe automobile body is very greatly facilitated since it is onlynecessary door hinge straps to enter the guide slots 15 ofstheirrespective hinge plate structure, and thereafter by simply pressing thepintles along said guide slots said pintlesare quickly brought into trueregister with the pintle seats or holes 10 and are permitted to dropinto place therein. It will be observed that the plates 14 with theirguide slots 15 not only serve the purpose of guiding the pintles intoposition to be received in the pintle seats 'or holes 10 but they alsoserve to strengthen and rein 'force the hinge plates.

Having now set forth the objects and nature of my invention and aconstruction embodying the principles thereof, What I claim as new anduseful and of my own invention and desire to-secure by Letters Patentis,-- i

1. A hinge construction comprising a stamping having a substantially Ushaped portion, one leg of said ti-shaped portion having a pintle holetherethrough, a hinge masses member having a pintle to be received insaid pintle hole, and means to guide said pintle along the leg of theU-shaped portion of said stamping and into position to be received insaid pintle hole. 2. A hinge construction comprising a plate having apintle hole, a hinge member having a pintle to be received-in said hole,and a reinforcing member applied to said hinge plate, said reinforcingmember having a slot therethrough forming aguide to guide the 'pintlefrom the edge of said recess into position to be received in said-hole.

3. A hinge construction comprising a plate stamped into substantially Ushape, and having a hole through one of the legs thereof to receive thepintle of ahinge member, a re inforcing plate applied to the hingeplate, said reinforcing plate having a guide slot formed therethroughand extending from the outer edge thereof, to guide the hinge pintleinto register With the hole in said hinge plate.

4. A hinge construction comprising a stamping member' having a U-shapedportion,-one leg of which has a hole therethrough to receive a hingepintle, an auxiliary plate secured to said leg and provided with a slotone end of which is in line with said hole and the other end of whichopens at the mouth of said U-shaped portion, and ahinge strap carrying apintle adapted to be guided by said slot to its seat in said hole.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 14th day ofApril, A. 1919.

JOSEPH LEDW'INKA.

